St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-15


is the machine which is now at work
the great Republican machine which
has ruled SO long and so arbitrarily, and
which the people all but smashed into
ruins last fall, and it is this machine
which plans and schemes and calls upon
its party men blindly to execute. 1t
pay seem little singular that although
the present state administration has
scarcely warmed it's chair and the con-
OCCASIONAL delegation is still six months
ahead of induction into office, yet
steps in the line of succession
have already been taken, and in the
minds of several leading politicians,
Republicans OF course, it has been def
nitely settled who will succeed Senator
SaDin, Gov. McGill and every member
of congress. These schemes may mis-
carry, but it will not be for lack of work,
nor want of foresight, nor because po-
litical skill and ShrewdneSS have been
lacking; for everything is working
nicely. The story is a rather mixed one
and must tell it as the facts group and
arrange themselves. They are the say
ings and opinions of the men them
selves, and contain no predictions be-
yond what they venture.
First there is Gov. McGill.
A short time since, several leading
Republican politicians were closeted to-
gether discussing the grain inspection
system, and one of them said the gov
ernor was anxious to have it SatiSfac-
tory, as it was the chief issue of the
campaign last fall. G. A. Pillsbury re-
marked: ''After all the talk and the
hard, bitter fight, McGill has made
good governor. Now hasn't hep" To
which a grizzled member of the lower
house responded: "YeS, he has; but
you know all that talk and bitter fight
were not against McGill, but against the
ring. 1t was not McGill, but his asso-
Citations that weighted the ticket, and
the campaign was made against his
friends, not him." Which plain but un-
palatable truth was unanSwerable. This
gives the position occupied by the gov
ernOr, who will never be a candidate
again, however brilliant and successful
his administration may be. Who will
secure the Pilsbury influence has
not yet been made manifest, but it is
safe to say it will be some new man. for
their policy mas ever been to control,
not have, and their strength is always
aimed against the highest head. A
prominent politician and officehOlder
saik the other day: "Whoever is un-
fortunate enough to get the Pillsbury
support, next time, will lose. | have
been recalling the campaign of 1882 and
the part played by the Pillsburys. Doc
AmeS had just been elected mayOr of
Minneapolis and was a candidate for
congress against Washburn. Charlie
Pillsbury was the candidate for senator
and was Endorsed by the Democrats. as
were other candidates, so the whole
fight was on congress. Washburn knew
he had the whole canvass to
carry on, but he certainly expected
and did not get the cheerful support of
the Pillsbury-RObinson combination.
They have not trained together since
and are politically far apart now.
George A. PillSbury was chairman of
the convention and appointed the com
mittee and the result of the urgent So
1icitatiOn of WaShburn was the appoint
ment-by Charlie Piilsbury, to be sure
of committee that practically fought
Washburn throughout" 1t is the policy
OF Charlie Pillsbury, who is Shrewd and
leaders, unless the leaders are particu-
lar friends of his. But it will be long
time before the scene of the last state
convention will be repeated-Pillsbury,
Fletcher, Langdon pulling together
for one man. They pull in different
ways now.
Washburn is coming to the front
again.
At a recent meeting of the Union
league, in lecture on the narrow es-
cape of last fall. Col. Charley Johnson
related to the boys how he had, last
summer, told Gen. Washburn it was his
plain duty to go forward, take the NOM
ination for governor, and save the state;
but the railroad prince was just then
bent on other conquests, and was i'll
dulging in a telescope view of the time
when Senator Sabin's time would ex-
pire, when he expects to have quiet
walk-Over as his successor. This is by
no means certain, but depends SO largely
upon the gubernatorial fight next sum-
mer that the very aspect of that situa-
ton is in doubt. There are several men
who would like tn sit alongside of Cush